Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

EAST AYRSHIRE WOMEN'S AID 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/03/18 30/03/19 30/03/20 30/03/21 30/03/22 30/03/23
Charitable activities £602,806 £607,087 £624,628 £649,328 £646,380 £712,131
Donations & Legacies £23,017 £32,166 £22,528 £105,974 £48,527
Other Income £3,000 £3,000 £3,000 £4,000 £4,000 £5,000
Investment Income
Total income £628,823 £642,253 £650,156 £759,302 £698,907 £748,722
Charitable activities spending £598,482 £588,720 £586,689 £635,059 £683,235 £724,925
Fundraising costs 10% 10% 10%
Other spending
Total spending £660,020 £650,847 £650,226 £635,059 £683,235 £724,925
Surplus/deficit -£31,197 -£8,594 -£70 £124,243 £15,672 £23,797
Established: 33 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The promotion of equality and diversity
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: East Ayrshire
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - East Ayrshire Cedar Project
£201,967 01/02/2012
48
The project will work with existing GIRFEC and Violence Against Women's Partnerships to help children, young people and their mothers move on from with the consequence of domestic abuse. This ....more

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How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 35-63
  • BOYLE, Melanie
    Appointed: 2019
    Occupation: Information Technology Senior Analyst
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC001205
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2011, number: SC396130
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, KA1 1JB

Objectives

a) The relief of women, children and young people who have experienced or are in fear of domestic abuse perpetrated by partners or ex-partners by: (i) the provision of temporary refuge accommodation. (ii) providing support and information on access to other services. (iii) providing structured supportive opportunities to allow women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse to make choices for their future. (iv) liaising with other services, including the police, and advocating for women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse within legal and other protection services. b} The advancement of education by: (i) raising awareness of the effects of domestic abuse with the public and with young people in particular. (ii) providing opportunities for women, children and young people to shape the development of services, policy and practice at strategic level. c) The promotion of equality and diversity by upholding and promoting the rights of all women, children and young people regardless of ethnicity, religion or cultural background, who have experienced domestic abuse in the belief that violence against women, is symptomatic of wider structural inequalities in society, and thus mainly perpetrated by men.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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